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Fig. 396. Panicum latifolium Linn. Sp. PL Ed. 1. 58. 1753, 

 excluding reference to Sloane. (P. walteri Poir. ; P. porterianum 

 Nash.). — A rather slender, branching perennial 3 to 6 dm. high, 

 with broad, ovate-lanceolate leaves, and few-flowered, nearly 

 simple panicles. Spikelets (a, &, c) ovate-elliptical or pear-shaped, 

 obtuse, about 4 mm. long, outer glumes shortly pubescent. — Com- 

 mon in open woodlands and thickets, Maine and Ontario to Min- 

 nesota, and southward to Florida and Texas. May-October. 



